epa06232616 Ultra-Orthodox Jews perform a Jewish prayer named Tashlich a day ahead of Yom Kippur, on a hill overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, next to the Israeli city of Herzeliya, Israel, 28 September 2017. Yom Kippur begins at sunset of 29 September 2017 when the entire country comes to a standstill as people fast and spend much of the day in prayer till the evening of 30 September 2017. EPA-EFE/ATEF SAFADI